Project Management Office Coffee Talk

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LET' S T ALK PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Friday, August 14 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Brown Room, 18th Floor Commerce Light refreshments and giveaways.

TOOLS & TIPS TO SAVE TIME & MANAGE RESOURCES MORE EFFICIENTLY


LET'S TALK PROJECT MANAGEMENT Introduction Rockie Pitts, Director, IS&T PMO

Presentations Dennis Rose, IS&T CTO

AGENDA

Phil Ventimiglia, OCIO CIO Janice Maxwell, Assistant Director, IS&T PMO

Marshmallow Challenge Facilitated by IS&T PMO Team

Challenge Prizes/Recognitions Tips and Tools To Share

Closing Remarks


P ROJECT M ANAGEMENT O FFICE DIRECTOR

Rockie Pitts


C HIEF I NNOVATION O FFICER

Phil Ventimiglia


C HIEF T ECHNOLOGY O FFICER

Dennis Rose


P ROJECT M ANAGEMENT O FFICE A SSISTANT D IRECTOR

Janice Maxwell


10 CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD PROJECT MANAGER


10 CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD PROJECT MANAGER


COLLABORATION ACTIVITY

MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE IS&T PMO Team Members James, Keyonna, Kim, Wendy


COLLABORATION ACTIVITY The Rules  Build the Tallest Freestanding Structure : The winning team is the one that has the tallest structure measured from the table top surface to the top of the marshmallow. That means the structure cannot be suspended from a higher structure, like a chair, ceiling or chandelier.

 The Entire Marshmallow Must be on Top : The entire marshmallow

needs to be on the top of the structure. Cutting or eating part of the marshmallow disqualifies the team.

 Use as Much or as Little of the Kit: The team can use as many or as few of the 20 spaghetti sticks, as much or as little of the string or tape. The team cannot use the paper bag as part of their structure.

 Break up the Spaghetti, String or Tape: Teams are free to break the spaghetti, cut up the tape and string to create new structures.

 The Challenge Lasts 18 minutes: Teams cannot hold on to the structure

when the time runs out. Those touching or supporting the structure at the end of the exercise will be disqualified.


COLLABORATION ACTIVITY The Challenge Lasts 18 minutes: Teams cannot hold on to the structure

when the time runs out. Those touching or supporting the structure at the end of the exercise will be disqualified.

http://www.tickcounter.com/18minutes

(Click to start the countdown)


COLLABORATION ACTIVITY Challenge Winners

For more information, visit MarshmallowChallenge.com


COLLABORATION ACTIVITY


COLLABORATION ACTIVITY


TIPS AND TOOLS TO SHARE PMO Project Management Training/Mentoring GTA PM Certification Program

GSU PM Community Of Practice OCIO “Speaking For Fun” Class Project Management Must Reads

MS Project 2013 Tips Project Management Career Information Benefits of Using a PMIS tool???????


LET'S TALK PROJECT MANAGEMENT PMO’s Project Management Training and Mentoring Sessions Join the PMO’s Janice Maxwell on a journey through the Project Management processes and knowledge groups! This is a twelve week class that offers you the opportunity to learn from a certified PM and prepare you for the CAPM or PMP certification.

The next session will be held September through December Kickoff meeting is scheduled for September 2, 2015 at 9:30am in CTB 410.

For more info:

project_management_office@gsu.edu


LET'S TALK PROJECT MANAGEMENT GTA’s Project Management Certification Program Our Objective

What Do We Do?

Offer a one of a kind certification opportunity designed to educate and train those involved in project management though a program built on project management competencies aligned with state government competencies and principles.

Deliver two course curriculum tracks:

Georgia Certified Project Manager: 96 hours plus hold the PMP® credential and 2 years managing state projects Associate Project Manager: 132 hours, no project experience, no PMP® credential

To learn more about the program:

http://gta.georgia.gov/project-managementand-assurance-training


LET'S TALK PROJECT MANAGEMENT GSU’s Project Management Community of Practice Our Objective

What Do We Do?

To establish a learning resource pool at GSU that will help contribute to the Project Management level of maturity, raise the awareness of Project Management and share lessons learned across the organization.

• • • •

Sponsor PMP/CAPM certification study groups Host professional networking events Conduct “Lunch and Learns” Hold yearly PM Summit and Quarterly Coffee Talks

For more info:

project_management_office@gsu.edu


LET'S TALK PROJECT MANAGEMENT

OCIO’s “Speaking for Fun” Course The goal of this group is to gain experience speaking in front of your peers. Any employee from OCIO, IST and CII can join. This is an informal group but all members must commit to be prepared to speak, agree to have fun, and agree to the three P's: be positive, be polite and be productive!

The club will cover how to: • Prepare a speech • Practice for a speech • Deliver with impact • Make a speech memorable • Relieve nervousness • Appear confident and professional • Progress with each speech For more info: Tiffany Green-Abdullah tgreen35@gsu.edu


LET'S TALK PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project Management MUST READS:


LET'S TALK PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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